[FOOTBALL] The Official Boxing Day/27th December FOOTBALL MADNESS Thread (LVGone?)

[Waffdon]

Eh? He's a fucking fraud.

and having watched both games, you weren't unlucky at all.

[Davgooner]

Why?

Two best defenders left out, and Chambers masquerading as a footballer.

[Lee]

Middlesbrough just scored after 46 seconds against Sheffield Wednesday.

[Shindig]

Eh? He's a fucking fraud.

and having watched both games, you weren't unlucky at all.

There's only one available man that might do a better job. Otherwise, this club has been at the arse-end of the table for the majority of the last 3 years. Its the norm and no amount of "Well, they should be doing better with those players" can cut it.

[Vim]

I thought that was going in, unlucky.

[Waffdon]

Four absolutely tragic full backs on show here

[Vim]

Strikerless has got to be one of the stupidest ways to play football. Why would anyone do it?

[Lee]

This is the least boring I've seen United for ages.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who the fuck is this team masquerading as Manchester United?

[Vim]

Playing "inverted" full-backs is also inexplicable.

[CJay]

United look decent here.

[Cord]

I can't really tell if United are playing much better, or if it's just a combination of Chelsea playing less deep than most teams against united and, crucially, Chelsea being dogshit.

United will still lose though.

[Smiffy]

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Give it time, they'll soon be caught on the break then revert to standard form.

Probably get to 0-0 at half time then we'll shut up shop by playing more dogshit possession based football.

[Samadini]

Exactly. We've been there, done that with the whole 'sack all the managers' thing - you end up with Joe Kinnear.

It's not even a case of giving him TIME, he's only been at the club a few minutes, we haven't even reached the TIME stage yet, and he's doing about as shit as pretty much anyone else has done because we are shit. Sacking him now would just be shambolic. Let the balding cunt finish the job.

As it is, I don't even think we'll get relegated. We might, but that's the level the club are at right now, sacking the manager because of that is just daft. Pardew, who can do no wrong according to fans of other teams, went through worse spells with a better team than baldylocks gets to use.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Willian might still be rolling on the floor...

[Reg]

United's best half hour surely.

Rooney's like his old self. Seems he just hasn't been giving a rat's arse and dropping him is what was needed. But it's funny just how much his technique has improved, maybe he's been training harder.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We are absolute cat vomit. Hiddink doesn't care enough to improve it either. We need to perform a hostile sale of about three players in January (Fabregas being one) to send a message, and bring in hungry youngsters, either our own or from elsewhere, and I don't care if they're 'good enough' or not. The current players are objectively not 'good enough' this season so with some exceptions there is no point in backing them.

[Lee]

There's no point whatsoever in Chelsea getting into the final third as there is no movement there at all. I'm not sure this is United being good more than it is Chelsea continuing to be shit, with a comfortable victory against a terrible side tricking everybody into think that everything was going to be alright for them now Mourinho has gone.

[CJay]

When will we start seeing the Schweinsteiger obituaries in the media? He's been dreadful here and the rest of the season too from what I've seen.

[Magic]

Fucking hell this is awful.

[Vim]

The commentators keep praising Man Utd for this performance, what the hell? If this 6/10 performance (at most) gets so much compliment from the commentators, I dread to think how they played in the matches I haven't seen.

[Davgooner]

Don't worry Jim, Bamford's coming back.

[Amigo]

Looking at Chelsea's bench, I seem to recognize two names at most.

[Lee]

The commentators keep praising Man Utd for this performance, what the hell? If this 6/10 performance (at most) gets so much compliment from the commentators, I dread to think how they played in the matches I haven't seen.

They started quite well in an attacking sense. They now seem to have reverted to type and we're just seeing two dull sides slug it out. They have been absolutely awful this season.

[Reg]

When will we start seeing the Schweinsteiger obituaries in the media? He's been dreadful here and the rest of the season too from what I've seen.

What's he done wrong today?

All I've seen from him this season is using the ball the way van Gaal tells them to. Keep possession, pass to feet, don't take risks.

The only player who's looked lively in that position for them is Herrera because he offers forward movement.

[John Arne]

Arsenal don't half have a team a little bitches. Starting with that French cunt up front.

[Jeet]

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[Magic]

I've not actually seen Chelsea this season apart from 1st half against Blunderland.

They are in dire straits.

:drool: :harold:

[-james-]

Looking at Chelsea's bench, I seem to recognize two names at most.

Quite unsure why there's no Remy but they apparently need three African utility players.

[Vim]

This match is giving me hope about the state of the Italian league.

[CJay]

What's he done wrong today?

All I've seen from him this season is using the ball the way van Gaal tells them to. Keep possession, pass to feet, don't take risks.

The only player who's looked lively in that position for them is Herrera because he offers forward movement.

He's lost the ball nearly every time he's been put under pressure. And he's so easily bypassed by the opposition.

[Spoonsky]

Chelsea are utterly abject (as is Martin Atkinson).

[Giggles]

Isn't 6/10 a vast improvement for Utd?

[Waffdon]

Hazard looking pretty dece

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ayo Saint, suck on that double save.

[Reg]

He's lost the ball nearly every time he's been put under pressure. And he's so easily bypassed by the opposition.
Well he's made 54 passes with 90% accuracy.

[Waffdon]

Ayo Saint, suck on that double save.

piece of piss saves.

[John Arne]

When was the last time Oscar had a run of 3-4 really good games?

[Boom-Boom]

When was the last time Oscar had a run of 3-4 really good games?

Oscar looks average every time I see him.

Man United look good here, I don't really see where a Chelsea goal is coming from.

[-james-]

Handball calls don't really get more simple than that.

[Vim]

Lol at defenders that compromise their body movement and blocking by putting their hands behind their back like that.

[Waffdon]

Not that they're ever given.

[Boom-Boom]

Is Matic having a laugh. Fucking hell.

[Toby]

I'd say Matic needs sold in January but I'm not sure who would buy him.

[Amigo]

Why am I even watching this game.

[Boom-Boom]

I'd say Matic needs sold in January but I'm not sure who would buy him.

He has gone from one of the best defensive midfielders in the world to absolutely average in the space of 8 months.

I guess you could say the same for a few players in the Chelsea squad.

[Vim]

Not even a striker on the bench ... unbelievable. This bunch is getting paid millions and millions of pounds for this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just keep giving the ball to Martial so he can run at Ivanovic.

[Toby]

Not even a striker on the bench ... unbelievable.

Costa is suspended and Remy and Falcao are injured so it's not like there's much choice in the matter. Any youngsters anywhere near ready to play in the senior squad are out on loan.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's at the point where concepts like 'being ready' are utterly obsolete. It's the same 11 twats not trying every week at the moment. The kids seem to shit on other kids, get them in. John Swift looks good at Brentford.

[Toby]

I'd largely agree, now is the perfect time to start giving some of them a shot, but players looking good at Brentford isn't much use when the strikers you expected would play have got injured and/or suspended in the past two days.

[Waffdon]

Ref not playing advantage there is affy pathetic.

[Toby]

The U21 squad is playing almost as badly as the senior team this season anyway.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was a delightful cross, just a shame it fell to Shrek.

[CJay]

Reg passing accuracy doesn't tell you whether he's losing the ball. That situation that lead to him fouling Mikel just now is what I'm talking about.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The club is broken anyway, we won't win a trophy again for many years. Mourinho recently was papering over the enormous cracks of this bizarre player-farm scheme in which everyone is bought and sent out on loan for no apparent reason (most are released and make a loss) and you rely on the first team being made up of the overpriced, overpaid wankers that Madrid and Barcelona don't want. Once you take out the dressing room leaders then the emperor definitely has no clothes.

Needs a complete overhaul, starting with the owner's attitude really, so lol at any hope of that. We could almost do with him closing the purse strings for a bit to be honest.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

One more shot to go over our average for shots in a game.

8 shots :drool: That really would be the dream.

[Waffdon]

The loan thing gets you by "FFP".

Oscar is Southampton level

[Jimmy Floyd]

The loan thing gets you by "FFP".

We only need to 'get by FFP' because the owner thinks that the only way to run a successful football club is to buy in 'proven' cunts for too much money like Pedro, who is one of my least favourite players ever to have played for the club.

[Davgooner]

Well fuck me. Following a crucial game via flashscores is fucking grim.

Top of the league. :face:

[Reg]

Strange time to criticise Pedro, when he was probably your best player.

The booers deserve a slap.

[Smiffy]

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[Giggles]

Actually still going to the effort to change the font size on that.

:D/:face:

[Spoonsky]

Strikerless has got to be one of the stupidest ways to play football. Why would anyone do it?

Liverpool beat City 4-1 doing it. Another scoreline you should remember is Spain beating Italy 4-0 in the Euro finals with a frontline of Iniesta and David Silva. It's just that Chelsea are a complete impotent wreck at the moment.

[Waffdon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uC6sJoGZY0&feature=youtu.be

i love this cunt

[Smiffy]

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[Boydy]

173,238 subscribers? What is wrong with people?

[CJay]

Reg and to further my point, according to whoscored.com (http://www.whoscored.com/players/4567/show/bastian-schweinsteiger) Schweinsteiger is dispossessed 1.6 times per game in the league, compared to Carrick's 0.7 and Schneiderlin's 0.4. Seems pretty damning to me. For reference, that's also worse than Fernando, Fernandinho, Coquelin, Flamini, Arteta, Dier, Lucas, Can, Cabaye... I could go on.

[Reg]

Fair enough, he is a bit more adventurous with the ball though.

I'd probably play Carrick-Herrera most games, if the former could handle it.

[Shindig]

"I'm done with this lot but I'll still support them!" That's not a commitment you fat-knecked shitbarn. Take your green screen and fuck off.

[phonics]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXV6dBiUAAAU0wk.jpg:large

lol

[Lewis]

"I'm done with this lot but I'll still support them!" That's not a commitment you fat-knecked shitbarn. Take your green screen and fuck off.

Look at his arm tattoo.

[Kikó]

Well that's surprising. Another fucking 0-0. When will this Dutch twat be binned?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They don't want him to feel bad so close to the new year.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2b_8qnNbCQ

Upgrade your software so you have some feelings.

[Davgooner]

How many 0-0s have you had this season?

[Kikó]

6 at home I think.

[Davgooner]

Definitely a cross.

[Browning]

That 2nd Shaqiri goal was absolutely superb.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a well known Swiss street trick termed the 'floating cowbell'.

How old is that callback now, 13 years plus? Christ.

[CJay]

Wright and Shearer agreeing with me. :drool:

[Kikó]

Wright is diabolical as a pundit.

[Boom-Boom]

Ozil could have had a handful of assists today.

https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/681584675169636352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[Mellberg]

Villa are trying their hardest to make me hate football. Eight points going into the new year. I'm really sick of watching overly pampered and underperforming twats every week.

The main issue though is Lerner's a passive wanker who has ruined the club.

[Kikó]

Take van Gaal. You'd have 18 points by now. No goals either mind.

[Raoul Duke]

You've also not signed a decent player for about half a decade too. And appointed Sherwood.

[Giggles]

I was sort of hoping Garde would do decent too.

[Smiffy]

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[Boom-Boom]

Having spent over £300+m in his time at Villa, is he not entitled to have expected a bit more in return? I don't see you returning in a hurry.

Aston Villa apparently had the 5th highest net spend 2003/2004 - 2013/2014. Didn't realise they had spent so much.

Going to be weird seeing them drop out of the league. I've always viewed them as a very solid mid table club, similar to Everton.

[Smiffy]

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[Mellberg]

You've also not signed a decent player for about half a decade too. And appointed Sherwood.

It's just been a long line of disastrous decisions and appointments. We absolutely deserve to be relegated having learned zero lessons from the last five years.

And Smiffy, put the bait away. It's cold out and doing you no favours.

[Smiffy]

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[Mellberg]

16th, 15th, 15th, 17th and 20th in the past five seasons. You might want to go to Specsavers.

Fifth in the average league table. We've been shit for a few years, but that's not the standard.

[Mellberg]

No bait but feel free to nibble on it. It's a true statement, he's spent money and got nothing in return so it stands to reason he'd cut his losses. Aston Villa's and indeed Lerner's biggest error is not getting rid of Lambert a year or two earlier. Or rather sacking your main man McLeish.

A fool and his money are soon parted. If he'd have spent it wisely we'd be doing fine.

[Giggles]

I thought it was widely regarded that Martin O'Neill that blew the £300m and is the fault of the clubs ruination.

[Mellberg]

O'Neill blew it, Lerner sanctioned it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Then when it didn't work out Lerner wanted shot of the club but he can't give it away now.

[Mellberg]

Indeed. Seems to value it at roughly the same amount that he's lost so far. Funny, that. Might struggle to get that kind of money for a Championship club, you fucking mug.

[Sam]

Chinese billionaire is said to be looking to buy us. Scenes await!

[John Arne]

Who is "us"?

[Magic]

Wolves.

[John Arne]

Thanks.

[Magic]

In the meantime: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/massimo-cellino-bans-sky-sports-7085301

:D

He's fucking ill.

[Shindig]

That quote about income. He needs to return to his home planet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Leeds do seem to be on telly every fucking week.

[Magic]

Sky staff are outside the ground now waiting to see if they'll be allowed access. The FL have already made a statement saying the Disciplinary Commision have the full range of sanctions at their disposal if the game is not shown and breaches the league's contract with Sky.

FUCK SAKE.

[Davgooner]

He's a total cunt but FUCK SKY.

[Max Power]

Is Massimo Cellino AMF?

[Max Power]

Don't think Vardy is going to play tonight :(

[Davgooner]

Clocked MOTD this morning. Is Andy Carroll friends with Tyson Fury by any chance?

[Lee]

Don't think Vardy is going to play tonight :(

He needs a rest and we shouldn't just rely on him anyway. Drinkwater would be the bigger miss. I think I'm in an ever shrinking minority in wanting Kramaric to get a go. I'm convinced there's a player in there.

[Max Power]

Think there is a player in Kramaric but it's not going to come out playing for us I don't think.

It would be great if we got a positive result without Vardy, would be a massive boost. Think they all look a bit tired and will get rolled tonight.

Time to go back under the radar for a few weeks and hit the top at the end of Feb

[Lee]

Think there is a player in Kramaric but it's not going to come out playing for us I don't think.

It would be great if we got a positive result without Vardy, would be a massive boost. Think they all look a bit tired and will get rolled tonight.

Time to go back under the radar for a few weeks and hit the top at the end of Feb

A lot of people seem too disheartened by a narrow defeat at Anfield. Liverpool just upped their intensity and pressed us all over the pitch, as they will increasingly under Klopp. They didn't play that way against Watford so probably had energy to spare.

We'll lose tonight but because Man City are better than us rather than us being knackered (although I think there is truth in us being shattered). I'd rotate a bit tonight. Bournemouth is more important. Perhaps Inler where Drinkwater should be and Kramaric in place of Vardy. It's a shame Schlupp is out as I'd swap him in for Albrighton who looks tired.

Losing tonight is no killer. I just want us to get points where we'd expect them which should be enough to get us Europa League football next season.

[ScousePig]

He's a total cunt but FUCK SKY.

Yeah but FUCK LEEDS >>> FUCK SKY.

[Max Power]

I'd bring Inler in for one of the forwards. Probably Ulloa. Maybe Dyer in for Albrighton as well and go 4-5-1/4-3-3. Or maybe just wind Vardy up one more time and rest him for Bournemouth and Spurs in the Cup

[Magic]

He's bowed to pressure, game is to be broadcast as per normal. Lunatic.

[Magic]

Leeds United have reluctantly allowed Sky cameras into Elland Road to broadcast tonight's fixture against Derby County.
Leeds United have noted that the majority of press reports on the matter have quite rightly appreciated that the club's issues with the Football League relate in part to the entirely disproportionate number of times Sky have selected the club for live transmission.
It is not just the number of times the club has been selected, but the fact the adjoining fixtures are also then disrupted which adversely affects the players, the club's logistical arrangements and the fans' arrangements. It is clear to the club that its key supporters, the Season Ticket holders, have also had enough of this constant alteration, often at short notice, to the fixture list to accommodate Sky.
Leeds United were required to play Wolverhampton Wanderers on Thursday December 17 followed by Preston North End at home on Sunday December 20, followed by Nottingham Forest on Sunday evening and then Derby County tonight .
Recent good results have been achieved despite the alterations to the fixture list, but at great cost to the players' fitness and a substantial injury list .The festive plans of supporters have also been entirely ruined by Sky's live TV selections .
The league, despite the club having challenged them through the appropriate legal routes, continue to try and alter our schedule by insisting fixtures are changed to suit Sky, including Brighton & Hove Albion away from a Saturday to a Monday in February.
Given Sky are to show 92 live gameshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/tmkq6kplrq2613jrdaw1vsf4e#) this season, a fair allocation would be four home games per club - so the selection by Sky is clearly unfair and the league are allowing this .
The Football League regulations are supposed to be there to protect the integrity of the sporting competitionhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/tmkq6kplrq2613jrdaw1vsf4e#), not to be used as a stick to beat the club on behalf of Sky.
Leeds United Season Ticket holders have had enough of these fixture changes, the players and staff have had enough, and Leeds United Football Clubhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/tmkq6kplrq2613jrdaw1vsf4e#) has had enough .
It is to be noted that the League threaten a disrepute charge against the club. It is the League who are bringing their own competition into disrepute by unfairly prejudicing Leeds (and certain other clubs) by allowing Sky to unfairly disrupt Leeds United for their own commercialhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/tmkq6kplrq2613jrdaw1vsf4e#) purposes.





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[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Pavel Srnicek has died.

[Manc]

Ozil is a joy to watch at the moment. If he can maintain this form and Arsenal go out and buy a striker who can actually finish. Woof.

[Waffdon]

That Man City front four :|

[Magic]

I've just asked the gorgeous (8/10) barmaid if they're showing the Leeds game and she looked at me like I'd just offered to amputate her clam lips and stitch them to her pus.

Then she asked 'is that the popular one?'.

:face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What did she say when someone else called them shit and that the Leicester game would be shown instead?

[Magic]

2 games but we're on in the corner. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hmmm, Hoddle suggesting that Mangala needs to start training with a ball and a wall.

You can see why he was such a successful manager.

[Waffdon]

This referee is just rubbish.

[ScousePig]

Man City are spraying it around nicely, but Leicester look a threat on the break.

This could go either way, but one thing's for certain it's a game of two halves.

[Giggles]

Man City are spraying it around nicely, but Leicester look a threat on the break.

This could go either, but one thing's for certain it's a game of two halves.

Most goals will win this one. Or if they score the same it will be a draw.

[Byron]

It is certainly a game of 90 minutes. More if there's injury time.

[Kikó]

If you don't buy a ticket, you can't win the lottery.

[Ian]

I can see there being a result of some sort in this one, provided they keep putting the ball into areas.

[ScousePig]

Leicester seem so well drilled, as though they all know each other's games inside out (and of course their own role).

[mugbull]

Mangala is so bad.

[Magic]

I'd ruin this barmaid like.

[leedsrevolution]

I'd ruin this barmaid like.

Get a sly pic.

[Magic]

Omg fucking tears. Chris 'The Dude' Wood scores.

[Waffdon]

telt ye the fat cunt was a great appointment.

[Waffdon]

Sorry. x

[Magic]

Shite.

[Magic]

Fuck me someone has chundered chunks in the urinal.

[Lee]

That'll do. One defeat from our difficult looking period.

[Waffdon]

Where are you drinking now, MJ?

[phonics]

Can we end the season here please?

[Lee]

Deal.

[Magic]

Stop stalking me m8

[ScousePig]

No dice.

[Waffdon]

Stop stalking me m8

I was in the Anchor earlier m8

[Raoul Duke]

You've got to beat the shit. The results against other top 4 teams are often irrelevant.

[Magic]

I was in the Anchor earlier m8

Papa Jaques m8

[Samadini]

Mid season blip for Hughton, identical to the promotion season. He knows exactly what he's doing. :cool:

Only a few more days until he brings Fitz Hall out of Sunday League (what the fuck is he even doing? Should only just be leaving his prime) and gets Routledge in to feed Lovelypants.

[Waffdon]

Papa Jaques m8

Never been there, m8. Just Doc Ferry's, Anchor, Fort, Post Office and the old man pub on the corner

[Magic]

I'll tell you there's an 18th here pussy smells like Fairy non-bio.

[phonics]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXbKzy0W8AAFNNm.jpg:large

[Waffdon]

I'll tell you there's an 18th here pussy smells like Fairy non-bio.

Awk. Early start on the train tomorrow. :(

[Raoul Duke]

That's Numberwang!

[Manc]

You've got to beat the shit. The results against other top 4 teams are often irrelevant.

Explains Arsenal's success.

[Davgooner]

It does.

[Max Power]

We're gonna win the league :rave:

Joint top at halfway. BUT HAVE WE PLAYED ANYONE GOOD YET EH???

[Lee]

We're gonna win the league :rave:

Joint top at halfway. BUT HAVE WE PLAYED ANYONE GOOD YET EH???

I thought Ranieri played it brilliantly. Extra man in the middle (shame he couldn't keep the fucking ball), keep our shape, defend deep. Our defending in the box was outstanding and we looked mostly good going forward. I wasn't expecting anything from that game so I'm dead happy with a point. We also didn't look tired to me which was very pleasing.

Fuchs is just immense. Kante doesn't stop. Nor does Vardy and it was great to have Drinkwater back. Fuck knows what drugs Morgan has been taking but he is transformed. If we can sign ourselves a right back, a number 10 and a pacey back up for Vardy we'll be laughing.

[Danny]

I look forward to Sterling going full Dwayne Dibley for his next haircut

[Davgooner]

City looked good for the first half an hour but from then on created fuck all.

As for Leicester, you worry how they'll cope with Kante from here on in.

[Lewis]

http://www.football365.com/news/diouf-i-hate-carragher-and-lennon-is-a-dhead

Something for everyone there.

[Davgooner]

The geezer bowled into a pub full of Arsenal after a game up in Bolton once and bought everyone in the gaff drinks for a good two hours. Clearly a tosser but he's pretty much in credit forever after that.

[Magic]

http://www.football365.com/news/diouf-i-hate-carragher-and-lennon-is-a-dhead

Something for everyone there.

So the person he least wants to spend Christmas with is also a Turkey.

[Manc]

What are the chances Big Sam was watching Klopp seethe post WBA. If so I reckon were in for a dogged draw.

[Weaver]

Mannone; Jones, Brown, Coates, van Aanholt; Cattermole, Rodwell, M'Vila; Johnson, Borini, Defoe.

Mignolet; Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno; Can, Henderson; Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino; Benteke.

[SincereTheRebel]

barca awarded a soft messi with a foul on messi from the gk. big blow to the head. He should probably be subbed off as a caution but he continous for now.

Neymar misses pen but they score from rebound. Lots of betis player booked in all this fuckris.

[Reg]

Neymar kicked it twice, which makes the whole passage a bit weirder.

edit- Betis sleeping, 2-0, that's the game done.

[Raoul Duke]

Cracking image of Sam this:

http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/15E5C/production/_87429698_samallardyce_reuters.jpg

EDIT: looks like Smiffy :D

[Smiffy]

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[Boydy]

Not able to watch this tonight. I see it's 0-0. What's the performance been like?

[TG09]

Not able to watch this tonight. I see it's 0-0. What's the performance been like?

1 Nil Liverpool, score on 45:55.

[Smiffy]

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[mugbull]

DeAndre Yedlin looks incredibly gay

[TG09]

We're deservedly ahead but it's been rather poor throughout. The three points is all that matters if we see it through.

You lads are playing a lot better, can see you taking all three points.

[Smiffy]

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[Smiffy]

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[Jimmy Floyd]

I saw something earlier about Jurgen the German claiming that the English wind is hampering his plans to implement his philosophy. I couldn't help but think of Operation Sealion.

[Smiffy]

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[Giggles]

From seethe to meltdown. It's only a WDYTOE mate.

[Lee]

Have we killed Smiffy?

[ScousePig]

Well that was typically typical.

[Luke Emia]

I only saw the last half hour but that was tough watching. Benteke is just so wasteful when he's clean through on goal I don't even hope he's going to score now.

I have to say though Can is fast turning into a player I could love. What was going through Rodgers mind when he was playing him at centre half?

[Smiffy]

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[Smiffy]

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[Luke Emia]

It worked for what ten games? He was a bomb-scare at centre half.

[Lee]

They said if Liverpool bottled the league it would finish me off, it didn't. But if Leicester fucking City win the league before Liverpool then I may as well call it quits.

If Leicester City win the league I'll probably be doing myself in.

[Smiffy]

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[John Arne]

Just seen the penalty that Messi won yesterday :D What a joke some La Liga refs are.

[Byron]

The next three games should give us an insight into what 2016 will bring. West Ham away followed by home games to Arsenal and Man United. 9 points off top and counting. :uhoh:

It's looking likely St. Payet will be back by then, so I'm hoping we'll do your lot over.

[ScousePig]

Can was the best player on the pitch yesterday. In fairness he only had to turn up to be better than 11 of them.

[Davgooner]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2015/12/30/the-chasing-pack-are-battling-the-odds-trying-to-catch-arsenal-leicester-man-city-and-spurs/


9.Despite what you read and hear of the propensity of Arsenal to choke the statistics don’t support that notion. Twice in the last decade Arsenal have dropped positions during the second half of the Premier League season. Twice there has been no change but five times Arsenal has improved their position after the halfway point in the season.

:henn0rz:

I think we'll finish 6th.

[leedsrevolution]

They said if Liverpool bottled the league it would finish me off, it didn't. But if Leicester fucking City win the league before Liverpool then I may as well call it quits.

I reckon Leeds will win the league (again) before your lot do. Klopp should in theory get you back in the top 4 if he recreates the success he had at Dortmund. Maybe not this season mind.

[Giggles]

The 'it's a bit windy here' thing is all a bit Gary Lineker 'grass was a bit long'.

[Mellberg]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10114697/who-tops-the-2015-league-table-burton-edge-out-arsenal-at-the-top

Well done to all concerned.

[Toby]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2015/12/30/the-chasing-pack-are-battling-the-odds-trying-to-catch-arsenal-leicester-man-city-and-spurs/

:henn0rz:

I think we'll finish 6th.

Nice manipulation of "statistics" there. Why the half season cut off?

Last year they were established in second before drawing with Chelsea and going on to win two of their last six. The year before that they led the table for more than half the season then had a horrible run and finish fourth. Whatever their final position, their problem is they've regularly blown it at the end of the season and whilst it may not have caused them to drop places, it's spoiled their chances at finishing as high as they might have.

[Lee]

The 'it's a bit windy here' thing is all a bit Gary Lineker 'grass was a bit long'.

Is that actually what he said? I thought he just cited it as a reason why some styles work here/in different places, which is probably fair enough.

Different climates definitely had an influence on how different footballing and tactical styles developed in different countries. English and German sides are traditionally faster and more combative compared to more patient and precise Italian or Spanish teams, for instance.

[Giggles]

Is that actually what he said? I thought he just cited it as a reason why some styles work here/in different places, which is probably fate enough.

Different climates definitely had an influence on how different footballing and tactical styles developed in different countries. English and German sides are traditionally faster and more combative compared to more patient and precise Italian or Spanish teams, for instance.

I'm not really sure, I was hearing it 2nd hand via a podcast and they were ripping the shit out of him. I didn't hear a direct quote though.

[ScousePig]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10114697/who-tops-the-2015-league-table-burton-edge-out-arsenal-at-the-top

Well done to all concerned.

Joint 5th bottom with an identical record to Newcastle.

What a year for the north-east.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Here's our pal Jurgen again, on his summer approach from West Ham:


"I'm lucky I had a lot of interest. West Ham is a good club but it was the wrong time, like all the clubs who approached me.

"Everything is OK. The Hammers. More my second name than 'soft'."

The Germans just can't resist cracking a good rib tickler, can they?

[Giggles]

Here's our pal Jurgen again, on his summer approach from West Ham:



The Germans just can't resist cracking a good rib tickler, can they?

Careful now, you'll tip smiffy over the edge.

[Waffdon]

James Wilson was definitely ONIT last night :cool: :D

[Davgooner]

Nice manipulation of "statistics" there. Why the half season cut off?

Last year they were established in second before drawing with Chelsea and going on to win two of their last six. The year before that they led the table for more than half the season then had a horrible run and finish fourth. Whatever their final position, their problem is they've regularly blown it at the end of the season and whilst it may not have caused them to drop places, it's spoiled their chances at finishing as high as they might have.

We normally finish the season pretty strongly to be fair; if there's a 4th place up for grabs we're the form team in the country. The title aspirations normally go south a little earlier in the season.